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Before heading back to the condo, I made another stop by the Virginia Capitol Building, which was used as the exterior of the White House in Steven Spielberg's motion picture "Lincoln." I also visited the U.S. Court of Appeals Courthouse because it housed the offices of the Confederate government during the War. Jefferson Davis's presidential office was located on the first floor, and, after the War, a federal ...

... means. In our case, it meant an extra 45 minutes. Still, roadnow.com confirmed that traffic was stopped southbound where the computer voice said it was, and nearly two hours later (as we were crossing into Tennessee,75 miles past the accident), it confirmed that traffic was finally moving at 5-10 mph. 45 minutes is less than the minimum 3 hours it would have taken us to get that far had we stayed on 81.

... The States in the most sterile, politically correct, and least inspiring method possible. I fear that museums like these are more likely to turn young people away from history than teaching them to love it. After a cursory view, we moved on to greener pastures…literally.

Our next stop was Hollywood Cemetery, a beautiful expanse that houses the graves of some of the South’s most prominent historic figures. Two ...

... about how Laura, who is two-years-old, would handle two flights and a short layover, but she proved to be a trooper and a real joy with whom to travel. The iPad is perhaps the greatest invention for keeping a toddler's attention over an extended period of time, and she dozed off for a good, long nap, as well. When we arrived in Richmond, Laura donned her ladybug backpack and led the family off of the plane just as ...

... since it was established in the 1930s. A state-owned art collection is a nice but somewhat unusual concept nowadays, but back in the 1930s guv’mint-hatin’ was not as in vogue as it has become in recent decades.

I found the collection of American paintings and sculpture from colonial times through the twentieth century to be especially impressive (fitting for Virginia). Some unique ...